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| HER Number: | MDV132098 |
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| Name: | Stone working evidence, Willsworthy Estate |
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Summary
Stone cutting and quarrying of the surface granite is indicated on many of the clitter-covered hillslopes on the Willsworthy Estate by wedge splitting and drill splitting marks. Also shallow amorphous depressions within this clitter areas mark the sites of lifted moorstones. In the centre at SX54638413 there is extensive evidence of drill split boulders and at SX5463584133 a broken iron drill or jumper bar survives from an unsuccessful attempt to split a boulder. Here two rows of four drill holes demonstrate how a granite pillar was being cut in situ. Investigated as part of the RCHME Willsworthy project in 1998 and by English Heritage in 2001.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 546 841 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW104
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1149278
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (XVI to Early 20th Century - 1541 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.
(29/07/1998) Stone cutting and quarrying of the surface granite is indicated on many of the clitter-covered hillslopes on the Willsworthy Estate by wedge splitting and drill splitting marks. Also shallow amorphous depressions within this clitter areas mark the sites of lifted moorstones.
In the area centred at SX54638413 there is extensive evidence of drill split boulders and at SX5463584133 a broken iron drill or jumper bar survives from an unsuccessful attempt to split a boulder. Here two rows of four drill holes demonstrate how a granite slab was being cut in situ. Surveyed at 1:2500
Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.
(10/01/2001) No change to the previous information.
Probert, S., 2007, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV357728.
Probert, S., 2013, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV357729.
Newman, P., 2019, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV363156.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350638 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P.. 1998. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #134557 ] |
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| SDV357727 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2001. Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV357728 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2007. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area. Not applicable. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV357729 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2013. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area. Not applicable. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV363156 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2019. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Willsworthy Freehold, Dartmoor Training Area. Southwest Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
- EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 25 2021 10:11AM |
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